Barrel-head fastener.



S. BARTMANN.

BARREL HEAD FASTENER.

APPLIGATION FILED APR.17. 1911.

Patented Feb. 13, 1912.

BARREL-HEAD FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 13, 1912.

Application led April 17, 1911. Serial No..621,555.

To aZZ 'whom t may concern Be it known that I, SAMUEL BARTMANN, acitizen of the United States, residing at St. Louis,`in the State ofMissouri, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Barrel-HeadFasteners, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactspecification.

My invention relates to barrels used for shipping fish and otherperishable substances which it is necessary or advisable to have packedin ice for shipment.

Heretofore when fish and similar substances were shipped they were putin barrels having ice at the bottom and at the top, so that the fishwere between two layers of ice, but when the distance they were shippedwas long the ice in the barrels melted and it became necessary to put innew ice, to re-ice the barrels. To do this it was customary to removeone head of the barrel and put ice on top of the fish and then reheadthe barrel, but as it was difiicult to remove both heads of the barrelice was put in the barrel at one end only when the barrel was re-iced.The result was that in many cases the fish at the bottom of the barrelwere spoiled or in an unwholesome condition when the barrel arrived atits destination.

The object of my invention is to provide a barrel head fastener for abarrel which has one or both heads removable, so that the heads will beheld securely in place and yet will be easily removed so as to allow iceto be put into the barrel at each end.

My invention is clearly shown in the accompanying drawings where similarletters are used to designate similar parts.

Figure 1 is a View looking at one end of a barrel, having the upper endsof some staves removed so as to show the details of some parts; Fig. 2is a vertical section of one end of a barrel along the line 2-2 of Fig.l; Fig. 3 is a view of certain details; and Fig. 4 is a view of acomplete barrel drawn to a small scale.

Referring to the figures, A represents the staves forming the sides ofthe barrel, B represents the removable heads, and C represents a castinginserted in one of the staves and held in place by the end hoop D and astrip E which isv placed inside of the staves and held in place by thebolts (Z. The casting C is provided with a slidable bolt Gr having ahead g which projects through and is movable in an opening cut in thehoop D.

Zz is a spring inside of the casting C which engages with the bolt Gr insuch a way as to tend to hold it in a certain fixed position.

H is a rest placed inside of the barrel to support the head B againstfalling into the barrel, and I is a casting placed at the end of thebarrel over one of the rests H. At each end of the barrel, in mypreferred construction, there are four of the rests H and one casting Iand three castings C.

K is a dog pivoted at one end on the vertical pin L so as to be movablein a horizontal plane. This dog is provided with a head c projectinginwardly through the staves and having a hole Z adapted to receive theend of the bolt G. At each end of the barrel, in my preferredconstruction, I place three of the dogs K. The rests H are held in placeby means of screws or other suitable fastenings, and I prefer to placeone under each of the dogs K and one under the casting I. The heads Bare preferably arranged inside of the staves, as shown, so that the endsof the staves project beyond the heads and thus protect the heads andthe means by which the heads are held in place.

Both heads of the barrels are the same and both are held in place in thesame way by means of the rests H and the dogs K. Vhen it is desired toput a head in place the bolt Gr is pressed to one side so as to withdrawits end from the hole Z in the head Z6 of the dog K, and then the dog Kis swung about the pin L until the head Zt lies outside of the barrel.Each dog is released in this way and then the head is put down so thatone edge can be slid below the casting I. Then the bolts Gr are pressedback and the dogs K are swung so that the heads 7c will pass through theopenings made for them in the staves and project inside thereof over thehead, then the bolt Gr is released and its end engages with the hole Z,thus holding the dog in place. The head of the barrel is thus heldbetween the dogs and the rests. After one head is in place the barrel isturned so that this head will be at the bottom and ice is placed in thebarrel. On top of this ice there is placed the fish, or other substanceto be shipped, until the barrel is about three quarters full; then iceis placed on top of the fish; and then the upper head is put in place.l/Vhen it is desired to re-ice cient ice is placed in the barrel to fillabout half the space between the fish in the barrel and the head; thenthe barrel is turned so that the lower end can bel removed and after iceis placed in the barrel at this end the second head is put in place; Thewater resulting from the melting of the ice leaks out through the cracksand spaces between the lower head and the staves and runs away.

It is evident that the barrel may be of any shape or size, and the headsmay be made of any number of pieces fastened together by gluing or anyother proper means.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In a barrel, means for preventing the head thereof from falling out,said means n comprising a dog pivotally mounted on the staves of saidbarrel and having the head adapted to project inwardly from said staves,and means for holding said dog in engaging position, substantially asdescribed.

2. In a barrel, means for preventing the head thereof from falling out,said means comprising a dog pivotally mounted on the SAMUEL BARTMANN.

Witnesses HAZEL CoHN, THnnnsA SUEME.

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